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It's the Golden Goobilee! Cadbury Creme Egg turns 50

Posted on: 09 Feb 2021

The nation’s favourite gooey chocolate egg* celebrates its landmark birthday with a limited edition Golden Creme Egg to find in store 

 

Cadbury Creme Egg lovers rejoice – everyone’s favourite gooey, chocolatey egg is back on shelves now for a limited time only.  To add to the egg-citement, this year, Cadbury Creme Egg is celebrating its 50th birthday. To mark this momentous occasion, fans will have the chance to find an egg-sclusive Golden Creme Egg in stores across Ireland and win up to to €5,000. Let the Golden Goobilee celebrations begin!

The limited edition Golden goodies will be hidden in stores masquerading as the much-loved classic Cadbury Creme Egg for fans to uncover. The gooey delights have been given a golden touch with the delicious Cadbury chocolate shell covered in edible gold dust, and filled with that familiar fondant goodness.

For five delicious decades, Cadbury Creme Egg has been the nation’s favourite Easter brand – with one Cadbury Creme Egg sold every 4 seconds. Fans are united by their love for the ‘goo’, but divided in the best way to eat the majestic treat.  Whether you are a licker, dipper or a sharer, one thing is for sure – this will be a cracking birthday celebration.   

It might be Cadbury Creme Egg’s birthday but the presents are for you, the fans. Delicious Golden Creme Eggs will be hidden in stores across the nation, and the lucky fans who unwrap these elusive delights will win a cash prize of up to €5,000!

How can you win? There are three easy steps between you and claiming the coveted prize.

  • Step 1. Unwrap a Creme Egg to see if you have a golden egg.
  • Step 2. Call the number on the voucher inside the foil
  • Step 3. Follow the phone guidance and keep both the packaging and voucher to claim your prize

The in-store promotion will run from 26/12/2020 – 04/04/2021. For more information and full terms and conditions, visit www.cadbury.ie and join in the conversation on social on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @CadburyIreland

 

CADBURY CREME EGG GOLDEN GOOBILEE FACTS:

  • In Ireland, one Cadbury Creme Egg is sold every 4 seconds.
  • Cadbury Creme Eggs are only available from St. Stephen’s Day to Easter. 
  • Cadbury lays 66,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs an hour and a whopping 1.5 million a day.
  • Over 500 million Creme Eggs are made every year, one third of which are sold overseas.
  • If all the Creme Eggs made in a year were laid from end to end, it would stretch from Bournville to Sydney, Australia.
  • The Cadbury Creme Egg we know and love today first appeared in 1971.